Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Center for Inherited Heart Disease, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, United States.
Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2009 Oct-Dec;20(5-6):409-18. doi: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2009.10.021. Epub 2009 Nov 14.
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMPs) provide critical signals for determining cell fate, specifying gastrulation, embryonic patterning, organogenesis, and the remodeling of diverse tissues. Recent work has suggested that in addition to coordinating pivotal events in development, BMPs may also regulate certain homeostatic physiological processes independently of effects on cell growth or differentiation. We recently described the identification of dorsomorphin, a small molecule inhibitor of BMP type I receptors which inhibits BMP signaling in preference to TGF-beta, Activin, and other ligands of the TGF-beta family. We describe a number of strategies using dorsomorphin and its derivatives as probes to assess the physiologic roles of BMP signaling. We also discuss several potential applications for small molecule BMP inhibitors, including stem cell manipulation, and the therapeutic modification of bone remodeling, heterotopic ossification, and iron homeostasis.
骨形态发生蛋白(BMPs)为细胞命运的决定、原肠胚形成、胚胎模式形成、器官发生以及各种组织的重塑提供了关键信号。最近的研究表明,BMPs 除了协调发育过程中的关键事件外,还可能独立于对细胞生长或分化的影响来调节某些稳态生理过程。我们最近描述了一种小分子抑制剂 dorsomorphin 的鉴定,该抑制剂是 BMP Ⅰ型受体的抑制剂,优先抑制 BMP 信号,而不是 TGF-β、激活素和 TGF-β 家族的其他配体。我们描述了使用 dorsomorphin 及其衍生物作为探针来评估 BMP 信号生理作用的多种策略。我们还讨论了小分子 BMP 抑制剂的几种潜在应用,包括干细胞操作以及对骨重塑、异位骨化和铁稳态的治疗性修饰。